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Definition of Tailraces
1. tailrace [n] - See also: tailrace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailraces
Literary usage of Tailraces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report (1916)
"The mills developing the power draw the water from the old navigation canal and
discharge it through separate tailraces into the lower rapids. ..."
2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1904)
"... to take the water as it comes from the sluices and tailraces of the first
user, and himself provide means for removing the material carried therein. ..."
3. Uniform Classification of Accounts for Electrical Utilities (1922)
"This account shall include the cost of maintaining forebays, penstocks, tailraces,
and other appurtenant structures and facilities. ..."
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